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First Line: A child midst ancient mountains I have stood
Last Line: He sought high mountains, there apart to pray.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Prayer; Sanctuaries


He went up to a mountain apart to pray.

A child midst ancient mountains I have stood,
Where the wild falcons make their lordly nest
On high. The spirit of the solitude
Fell solemnly upon my infant breast,
Though then I prayed not; but deep thoughts have pressed
Into my being since it breathed that air,
Nor could I now one moment live the guest
Of such dread scenes, without the springs of prayer
O'erflowing all my soul. No minsters rise
Like them in pure communion with the skies,
Vast, silent, open unto night and day;
So might the o'erburderned Son of man have felt,
When, turning where inviolate stillness dwelt,
He sought high mountains, there apart to pray.





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